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Monday, June 11, 2012

Gallery Idol 2012 ~ Round #3 ~ Feminine/Masculine Cards

Because of the wonderful folks out in blogland, I have been lucky enough to move on to Round 3 of the Paper Crafts Gallery Idol Contest! To everyone who stopped by the blog last week, voted for me, and left incredibly kind comments, I want to send out a huge THANK YOU! To my long-time blog buddies (I'm talking to you Jessi, Jeanne, and Jen), to the folks following my blog (*hi guys!*), to the absolute strangers who put in a vote for me on the PC site, your support is overwhelming and I thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Now back to Round 3:) The challenge for this round was to take a common element (e.g., single patterned paper sheet or single stamp) and use it to make one feminine card and one masculine card. For me, the challenge was to come up with 2 strong ideas.

Can you spot the common element? {Yup, the "bubbly" stamp} The concepts for these cards came in a flash! I was browsing my stamps, and when I picked up my Daydreamer stamp set, it flashed immediately. No fuss, no muss:) So with ideas in mind, I went straight to work on my feminine card. What could be more feminine than flowers?

I had so much fun free stamping the background on this card! I used my favorite pigment inks from Fresh Ink and they are a joy to work with! Great bold colors and excellent coverage. To really make the sentiment stand out I used a ribbon behind the vellum sentiment. I cut small holes in the vellum to pull the ribbon through to the front and tied a bow. Girlie card done! On to the masculine card!

I don't mean to generalize, but the men in my life prefer CAS cards with bold graphics. Lucky for them (and me), that's what I like to do! To create a realistic looking beer mug, I used vellum to mimic frosted glass. The amber beer color was created by rubbing yellow and orange ink on the backside of the vellum and placing a deep rich yellow cardstock behind it all. In person, the mug glows!

The vellum is placed inside of the reverse cut mug (cut out on the Silhouette). To get a 3D look on the mug, I cut the vellum insert slightly wider than the opening. When placed inside the aperture, it creates a curved pop up effect (see below). The foam of the beer is embossed in white (using my common element stamp) onto vellum.

This technique would be so much fun adapted for a frosty soda or milkshake. Man card done!

Thank you so much for popping in to learn more about my Round 3 entry! I encourage everyone to visit all the Top 15 contestant blogs (links below) and hope that you cast a vote on the Paper Crafts website here(even if it's not for me:)! These ladies are amazing and I promise you will find something you LOVE!

JJ - You know I've got your back!! Gosh - you just blow me away every time - I don't know how many times I've told you that you're a genius - but come on now! That dimensional beer glass is amazing - and I just love how you used the same element - the bubbles on both cards! I think this really marries them together. The feminine card is so pretty with all the beautiful color and the way you tied the bow through the vellum is a real stand out for me! Well done!!! Take another deep breath! So proud of you for making it to the next level!!! Big Hugs!!

These are two absolutely great cards. I love the feminine one--the bold colors are great, and what a fun idea to put the ribbon behind the sentiment on vellum--I've got to try that myself. But, absolute genius to take that flower and turn it into the foam on a frosty cold mug of beer, and then create the perfect guy card. Love this one, too. Cool how you used vellum on both cards in different ways.

Awww thanks for the shout-out, JJ! :D And I think I said this in my comment on your last post but I have to say it again - you're a genius! That beer mug looks incredible - so cold and frosty! Love the staples on the sentiment strip too. As for the feminine card the stamped background is gorgeous - perfectly random - I always have trouble with that. ;) The ribbon behind the sentiment is gorgeous too. Really really awesome!!!

You are one of the most creative out of the box card makers I've run across! Absolutely LOVE these cards!!! I would wish you luck in the contest but I don't think you'll need it. You're very talented JJ! :)

You're a crafty genius, JJ - seriously! Who else could go from flowers to beer? No one. You have NO IDEA how proud I am to be one of your blog buddies :) Not because of this competition, but because you a kind, sweet, generous person - who happens to be a creative inspiration! I gotcher back, girlie ;)

Your creative eye is just astonishing!!I am constantly wowed and awed by your creations...and beer foam?!!!Out of a flower?!!Just incredible!These are spectacular!!:)LOVE all those gorgeous colors in the "female" card...and I know a guy who would say that the "male" card is right up his alley! :)Congratulations on 3rd round...wishing you so much luck on round 4...you deserve it! :)

Very clever! It took me a second to see what the "same" part was on both cards, LOL! I never would have seen "beer foam" in a flower stamp. That vellum beer mug is great! And the pretty "girl" version is beautiful!

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